CO129-188 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [5-6] — Page 448

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Mr. Gibbons plates that he came out

here sider aw apprehension by hum of the terus as to deveral reatters of detail, which

termus differ from thone he is now told that

they were.

He slates that he trusted and still trust to the good faith of the Government in meeting the matter bath a fair and equitable spirit

of

Now this is an appeal to the Honor

the Government at home who arrangid

with Mr. Gibbons and who alone can and will

whether his contention as to the several

Dany ponito is correct.

Huder

auf

Circumstances the Governmech

at honee will assuredly meet the claind of

Mr.

Nor Gebbons as one

of honor and in the

the fair and

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quitable spirit which he anticipato..

As Mr. Gibbons.

appears

& have acted on

his own understanding of his arrangements with the Government at honce. I would so far, avail

Myself op strs Excellency the Governor's indulgence

as

toauggest that as a convenience to heim

Monry

should be advanced to him ande

renullânci be made at 4/20 in accordance with Mr. Ribbon's view of what his arrangement was,

subject to direction from home.

At the same time I desire to keep Alsof expersible from arrangements which

differ very scarntially from the schemes which I

have

very often submitted to mech the present Buergency and to provide for the future management

of

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